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Bung: Give us a chance, we’ve changed
IndigoTrout2522: (According to Sabah Umno’s leader, Bung Moktar Radin, Umno has changed.)
But what has Umno changed? They were the ruling party for 60 years and Malaysia has not developed economically to become an advanced nation, but it fell far back among the Asian Tigers.
They are still talking about race and religion. Educational policies constantly changed for the worse. It remains a one-race party with its New Economic Policy (NEP), which tells the other races to leave the country if they don’t like it.
Corruption is still rampant, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. It is the same old politicians who run the country and they do not have new ideas or plans to move the country forward. It is about money, power and positions that benefit them and their cronies.
They had their chance but failed. It is time to let others run the country.
Sabahans must vote wisely and not fall for these false talks and promises at election time. Vote for a clean government. Umno and his allies do not deserve to return to power.
In: In fact, what has changed? Be specific, Bung. This kind of sweet talk has been going on since the time of Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, but nothing really happened and the situation has gone from bad to worse.
It’s going to be another round of broken promises, especially when it comes to a race-based party.
Bung, I doubt that I can take your word for it and I find it difficult to yield my vote to you or your allies.
Mushiro: That Bung insists that Umno and BN have changed and are committed to a more fair, transparent and trustworthy government is an admission that the party was not fair, transparent or trustworthy.
Bung never spoke when his ‘Bossku’ stole the rakyat’s money. Sabahans should never make the mistake of another term with BN or Perikatan Nasional (PN).
PeakyBlinder: Imagine a politician known for his minor offenses on the Dewan Rakyat and waiting corruption charges, having the audacity to tell us that he and his party have turned the page just before the people go to the polls …
Honma: “We have changed”, which means that Bung has admitted that Umno / BN had done wrong to people.
Look at how he behaved in Parliament: arrogant and abusive. He is not fit to be a representative of Sabahans and Malays in general. Now he has the nerve to tell us that they have changed.
But once in power, they will revert to their old habits. As the saying goes “Old habits die hard.”
Smart voter: Leopards don’t change their spots. The same can be said of recalcitrant politicians, who in fact have dared even more to do the unthinkable.
What have Bung and his friends brought to Sabah, a state rich in resources but with one of the highest poverty and illiteracy rates in the country?
Under BN, the state has been raped many times, enriching politicians, including former chief minister Musa Aman, and Bung is no exception.
Business first: Yes, you have changed, but for the worse.
More racist. More intolerant. More extreme in religion. More vindictive. More corrupt.
Centennial Egg: Bung, changed means that some of you sit in prison finishing your sentences and reflecting on the wrongdoing committed by robbing and deceiving the nation.
Change means going through some penance and admitting what is wrong and not forgetting to apologize to the entire nation and ask for forgiveness.
IndigoKite6964: I have never laughed so much reading this news article and reading the many comments that were responding to it.
As well as throwing manure up to land on him, Bung has shot with both feet at the same time.
Vent: Desperate times produce despairs of all kinds, especially those deprived of corruption. And we desperately need to laugh in these desperate times.
Bung was great at giving us much-needed comic relief.
Vijay47: Bung, you’re walking on thin ice. Especially after suggestion that the use of the term “In God We Trust,” Acting Chief Minister Shafie Apdal violated Philippine copyright on the four words.
I regret to report that by now asking the Sabah electorate to give them a chance, they can soon expect to hear from Plastic Ono Band attorneys for violating their copyright in the lyrics of “Give Peace A Chance”.
I am sure that the damages and compensation they will demand will cost more than a song. In which case, you will soon be able to sing for dinner.
As an aside, you may be interested to know that “In God We Trust” is not only used by Filipinos, British, or Americans.
Malaysia, or rather Malaya then, had been using the same phrase for about 200 years when the extraction and export of tin ore formed the basis of our economic wealth.
At the time we had a slightly different national title: “Bullion We Trust.”
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